A project to create a new Exeter Bus Station has been awarded £800,000 from the LEP’s ‘Getting Building Fund’.
The project is to provide modern, fit for purpose bus station facilities in Exeter city centre which promote the use of green transport and connectivity for the city and surrounding rural towns and villages.
The current bus station is more than 50 years old and no longer fit for purpose. The new facility will have a prominent position in the city centre, actively promoting green infrastructure and transport use for decades to come while greatly enhancing the experience for all who use it.
It will include significant improvements in welfare facilities for staff whilst also providing an accessible passenger concourse waiting area which is fully enclosed and benefits from increased seating, refreshments and public toilets. The existing bus station will be closed as soon as all services relocate to the new bus station.
The project is also an enabler for the CityPoint regeneration scheme, which will create space for over 1,000 jobs and create 500 new city centre homes. This critical regeneration scheme is required to secure the long term wellbeing and productivity of the city centre. It will provide much needed homes, office space and hotels in the city centre, also providing new public and civic buildings.
This regeneration has been central to local planning strategy and policy development over the past 20 years.
The new facility is expected to be open and operational by the summer of 2021. The project will create 83 jobs during the construction phase (2020/2021), with up to 20 jobs being accommodated in the new bus station facility when it opens.
